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# Turning a workspace into a network design

Once you have created a Comsof design, you can create a workspace within that design and start developing the actual network design. It is possible to even create multiple workspaces and thus design multiple networks with different requirements and constraints or covering different geographic (sub-)areas.

The Comsof Fiber Integration Module provides the functionality to perform the various steps that ultimately result in a network design that can be imported into Network Manager Telecom.

To start carrying out the steps to transform the workspace into an actual design:

1. Select a workspace.

   1. Select a Comsof design on the map.

      The information about the design appears in the Details tab sheet.

   2. In the Workspaces section, click the name of the workspace.

      OR

      Enter "workspace" in the Search box and select the desired workspace from the list of hits.

      Figure: Workspace selection via Search box

      The information about the workspace appears in the Details tab sheet along with a set of buttons. On the map, the polygon presenting the selected workspace turns red.

2. Click Open at the bottom of the Details pane.

   The Workspace dialog opens providing the features to carry out the successive operations toward the network design.

   Figure: Network design operations in Workspace dialog

3. Carry out the operations in the order in which they appear in the dialog.

   If the connection icon () at the bottom left of the dialog is red, the connection to Comsof Cloud server has not been established. Therefore, some of the operations in the dailog are grayed out. Click the icon to establish the connection with the Comsof Cloud server. If the connection has been established successfully, the icon turns green and all operations are available for execution.

   1. Tick the check box in front of the operation you want to execute.

   2. You can select multiple operations to have them executed in one go, as long as you respect the order in which they need to be executed.

   3. Click the Run button to start the execution.

      At the bottom of the dialog the progress bar indicates the progress of the operation. Optionally you can activate the Show running process feature which gives you color-coded feedback in function of the status of the running process:

      - orange - when processes are queued for execution

      - blue - when process execution is actually running

      - green - when process execution is complete

For more detailed information on the individual operations, refer to the topics listed below.

Topics in this chapter include: